Citrus diet
The citrus diet is one of the most effective and low-calorie ways to shed those extra pounds. Citruses also provide vitamins and energy.
Citrus diet
Diet features
Citruses contain a large number of beneficial elements and vitamins.
It is forbidden to use a citrus diet for people with gastrointestinal problems, with a tendency to allergies, pregnant and lactating women. Duration of weight loss on citrus is 3 weeks.
A citrus diet for weight loss involves the use of a small number of permitted foods with added fruits: grapefruit, lemon, orange, tangerine. The result of losing weight will be weight loss of up to 12-15 kg within a month, on average, the weight is reduced by 10 kg.
Sudden weight loss and dietary restrictions adversely affect health, it is worth consulting with a specialist before starting to lose weight.
Diet Pros
The citrus diet has a number of positive characteristics:
- unloading the body. Refusal of sweets, starchy foods, meat, instant products;
- the diet contains natural food without chemicals and GMOs;
- acids contained in citrus fruits affect the breakdown of fat;
- vitamins and nutrients from fruits affect metabolic processes;
- while losing weight, you practically do not need to cook food.
Negative aspects of the diet
A citrus diet can harm your body:
- if the weight before losing weight was large, stretch marks may appear on the skin;
- after the end of the diet, it is possible to return half of the weight, it is worth carefully completing the diet;
- prohibited for allergy sufferers;
- constant feeling of hunger;
- manifestation of weakness and headaches;
- you can not eat citrus fruits on an empty stomach if there are problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Menu
Citrus diets are not for everyone.
Choosing a menu for a citrus diet will allow a variety of possible nutritional options.
Menu options
The first option involves a diet:
- breakfast includes orange juice 20 ml;
- lunch - 1 grapefruit and 2 kiwi;
- dinner - a piece of black bread, 2 squirrels, 200 ml of boiled water;
- before bed - unsweetened tea with lemon.
It is possible to use a different menu during the citrus diet:
- breakfast - fruit salad, mint tea;
- between breakfast and lunch - 200 ml fresh orange;
- lunchtime - citrus salad, mint tea without added sugar;
- between lunch and dinner - citrus to choose from;
- dinner - citrus salad, tea with lemon.
A citrus diet for 7 days looks like this:
- 1, 2 days - 1 citrus of your choice, 100 g of rye croutons, 1 protein;
- Day 3 - 100 ml of kefir, 2 oranges, 100 g of fat-free meat;
- Day 4 - repeating the menu of the first 2 days with the addition of a tomato and 100 g of boiled fish;
- Day 5 - unlimited boiled fish, 2 oranges, green tea;
- 6, 7 days - 3 oranges (alternation with grapefruit is permissible), 100 g of boiled chicken fillet.
The citrus diet provides for a daily consumption of 2 liters of water or green tea.
Salad recipe
To prepare 1 serving of salad, cut an orange, grapefruit into slices or cubes, put 5 g of honey, 4-5 tsp. lemon juice. 4 pcs can be added. chopped walnut.
Mandarin Diet
You can get rid of six kilograms in a week.
The tangerine diet is a subset of the citrus diet. If there is no physical exercise during the day, a weight loss scheme is selected to choose from:
- breakfast consists of green tea and tangerine;
- lunch - boiled chicken fillet 150 g, vegetable broth, 2 tangerines;
- dinner - steam fish 200 g, 2 tangerines, vegetable broth;
- kefir is allowed at night.
Losing weight lasts 10 days. Chicken is allowed to be replaced with other low-fat meat.
The egg-tangerine diet is based on the consumption of 6 egg whites and tangerines daily for 7 days. During the egg-tangerine diet, up to 6 kg are lost. Tangerines in the amount of 3 pieces replace breakfast, repeat it every other day with a duration of 2 weeks.
Fasting day
If you make a fasting day on tangerines, you will lose 1-1.5 kg, this is achieved by getting rid of excess fluid. This method is contraindicated for people with high stomach acidity, problems with the gastrointestinal mucosa, a predisposition to allergic reactions. The scheme cannot be repeated, its duration is 24 hours.
Unloading schemes
The fasting day is carried out according to a certain scheme. For 24 hours, it is allowed to consume 0.5 kg of tangerines, 1.5 liters of water, first you should drink, after 30 minutes - eat. Every 3 hours, it is allowed to drink 200 ml of tangerine juice, it should be diluted with water, between meals it is permissible to use mineral water.
Citrus at night
The opinions of nutritionists are divided about the use of citrus fruits at night: some argue that fruits are allowed to be eaten at night or in the evening, others talk about the negative effect of citrus fruits before bed. Mandarin, orange or grapefruit are low-calorie fruits, the calorie content of 100 g of mandarin is 40 kcal. Orange or grapefruit accelerate the process of digestion, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice. Eating before bedtime affects the increase in blood sugar and a strong inhibition of nighttime weight loss.
If you follow a strict diet with a built-up nutrition schedule, it is prohibited to eat tangerines at night. Anyone who follows a healthy diet and figure can afford to eat fruit, but a couple of hours before bedtime, this will not increase weight.
Weight loss advice
The citrus diet will allow you to achieve effective results in the process of losing weight if you follow the recommendations:
- food intake during dinner is carried out 5 hours before bedtime;
- movement after eating;
- before starting the diet, the body should be cleansed with laxatives;
- duration of weight loss - 3-4 weeks maximum;
- combination with sports, it all depends on the health of a losing weight person.
Conclusion
Citrus fruits are widely used for weight loss, there are many options for diets using oranges, tangerines and grapefruits. Choosing one of them, following the rules and recommendations and applying willpower, you will be able to achieve good results and get rid of extra pounds.